Rajbhasha Niti - Ministry Of Earth Sciences

2"Provided that in relation to the Legislatures of the States of Himachal Pradesh, Manipur,Meghalaya and Tripura this clause shall have effect as if for the words "fifteen years" occurring therein,the words "twenty five years" were substituted."part xv****Language of Union343. (1) The Official Langauge of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script.The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the internationalform of indian numerals.(2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencementof this Constitution, the English Language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of theUnion for which it was being used immediately before such commencement :Provided that the President may, during the said period, by order authorise the use of the Hindilanguage in addition to the English language and of the Devanagari form of numerals in addition tointernational form of indian numerals for any of the official purposes of the Union.(3) Notwithstanding anything in this article, Parliament may by law provide for the use, after thesaid period of fifteen years, of-(a)(b)the English language, orthe Devanagari form of numerals, for such purposes as may be specified in the law.Commission and Committee of Parliament on Official Language344. (1) The President shall, at the expiration of five years from the commencement of thisConstitution and thereafter at the expiration of ten years from such commencement, by order constitutea Commission which shall consist of a Chairman and such other members representing the differentlanguages specified in the Eight Schedule as the President may appoint, and the order shall define theprocedure to be followed by the Commission.(2) It shall be the duty of the Commission to make recommendations to the President as to-(a) the progressive use of the Hindi language for the official purposes of the Union;(b) restrictions on the use of the English language for all or any of the official purposes of theUnion;(c) the language to be used for all or any of the purposes mentioned in article 348;(d) the form of numerals to be used for any one or more specified purposes of the Union;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* The provisions of the part shall apply to the state of Jammu and Kashmir only in so far as they relateto :-(¡) The Official Language of the Union.(¡¡) the Official Language for communication between one State and another or between a State andthe Union, and(¡¡¡) the language of the proceedings in the Supreme Court.......3/-